Also coming up on the show germany rolls out its Coronavirus Tracking and tracing app it is voluntary but how effective it will look like. Im brian thomas great to have you with us u. S. President dollar trump says hes slashing the number of american troops in germany by nearly 10000 because berlin is quote the link when in its spending commitments on nato and treats the us badly on trade the announcement confirms a leaked to us media earlier this month u. S. Troops have been stationed in germany since young of world war 2. It had been the subject of speculation since plans were leaked to the media earlier in the month. On monday President Trump made it official he announced the u. S. Would be withdrawing thousands of troops from germany bringing the number of u. S. Soldiers stationed in the country down 225000. He blamed berlins reluctance to meet its nato spending commitments the us and germanys delinquent theyve been delinquent for years and they owe nato billions of dollars and the
Venice reopens its canals and landmarks to International Tourism but in spite of the sharp drop off and terse cash after months of lockdowns not everyone is welcoming their return. Im brian thomas protesting with us today u. S. President dollar trump says the u. S. Is cutting the number of american troops in germany by nearly 10000 from current levels of about 35000 he added that the decision was a consequence for berlin failing to meet its nato spending commitments the move has shaken the military alliance and germany which serves as home to many of the us troops deployed to iraq and afghanistan. It had been the subject of speculation since plans were leaked to the media earlier in the month and on monday President Trump made it official he announced the u. S. Would be withdrawing thousands of troops from germany bringing the number of u. S. Soldiers stationed in the country down 225000. He blamed berlins reluctance to meet its nato spending commitments so germany is delinquent theyve
Tracing how effective it is being. Plus of venice is reopening its canals and landmarks to International Tourism but despite the sharp drop off inters cash after months of lockdown not everyone is welcoming their return. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today south korea has accused the north of blowing up a joint leaves own office near the border between those 2 countries the office seen here when it was opened 20 teen handles enter korean relations is situated in the town of k. Song thats just north of the border the explosion comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate over a leafleting Campaign Going yang is furious at seouls failure to stop activists from air dropping propaganda over the border into the north. Ok lets get up to date on this breaking news story from correspondent frank smith joining us from south Koreas Capital seoul good day to you frank whats the latest what caused this incident well this is really an escalation of what had been kind of an Ongoing Cam
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